Category

Fine Art

Charity Supported

Breast Cancer Haven

Location

Arizona, USA

Gear

Cambo Wide WDS, Phase One P45, Schneider 47mm lens.

Description

From a series. Lost America examines a quiet stillness in a forgotten landscape that is, in a sense: ‘on-pause’. Backwater towns and rural corners are juxtaposed with the ambiguity of detached suburbia. Places appear frozen in time, their inhabitants absent or long since departed. Ardently stagnant in their appearance, the images aim to unlock a moment of reflective contemplation and instil a melancholic feeling of familiarity. One might not notice or acknowledge these spaces, especially when viewed within the vast stretch of America’s panorama. Yet, when framed as a single vignette, the places can appear to echo a moment of mournful reverie. Or, for some, they might behold an alluringly sombre, everlasting impression.

Photographer

Matthew Portch

Social Media

Instagram: @matt_portch

Website: https://www.mattportch.com/

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